Saturday, June 13, 2009

Chicken Bench

View of "chicken bench" area in barn lean-to.

You may be asking yourself.. what is a chicken bench? Well, it is kind of a workbench/workstation my Mom set up for me in the lean-to of the barn. Since our chicken coop is mobile, I really don't have a place to store chicken care items in the coop. She set up this great twig table and shelf for me to use. Feed container, poop-scoop container, garden mulch hauling container on bottom of bench. Miscellaneous gloves for bees and gardening are clipped on a holder she made from clothespins. Shelf holds beekeeping tools and a year-round poster of bee care. I fell in love immediately.

Love it! I built a small (very small) ante room as you step into the coop for this same reason. So you enter the main door then another coop door 4 feet later. That way I could do just what you are doing. Store feed and supplies in easy reach.

I am just trying to figure out what to do with the chicken accoutrements, as they just moved out to the coop this weekend. We have a garden shed right next to the coop, but it is packed to the gills. I will probably need to clear a spot so I can at least squeeze in food.